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Environment Advisory Committee
Indigo's Environmental Advisory Committee
Indigo Shire Council's Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) is a Section 86 committee that was established at the June 2008 monthly Council Meeting. The 24 members of the committee comprise Councillors, Council staff, community, landcare, and Natural Resource Management government representatives.
The Committee was established after increased community concern about drought, bushfires, climate change, weeds and water, coupled with a need to ensure that new and existing environmental programs undertaken by Council are carried out in a strategic manner. Over the past decade, Councils have been delegated many more roles in environmental management.
The Committee's role has been defined as:
"to provide advice to Council on the development of Council policy as it relates to environmental and sustainability matters"
Objectives of the group are:
- To provide a recognized forum that Council and community alike can refer environmental concerns for further consideration.
- To provide advice on the development of an environment strategy, in particular the community engagement process, the range of issues to be addressed within the strategy, identification of actions to address issues and targets and time frames for actions.
- To provide recommendations to Council about the means to encourage and support increased community awareness and understanding of environmental and sustainability matters.
- To provide advice on the implementation and ongoing review of the environment strategy, when adopted;
- To provide advice on the review or development of other environmental Council plans;
- To provide recommendations to Council, as necessary, to ensure environmental programs, both internally and externally funded, are consistent with priorities identified in the environment strategy.
- To provide advocacy for Council's environmental portfolio within other forums and within the community;
- To provide input on special projects where directed by Council.
Reader friendly versions of the minutes - Communiques - are available for downloading below. Requests for further information or queries can be directed to Shay Simpson, Council's Natural Resource Management Officer 02 6028 1100 or ssimpson@indigoshire.vic.gov.au